Theatre musicians tend to be the poor relations of the musical profession.

➔ be in bad/poor taste

at taste1 (6), poorlyWORD FOCUS: poor WORD FOCUS: poor be hard up/be brokealsobe skintBrE informalto have very little money at the present time and be unable to buy the things that you wantdestitutehaving no money and nowhere to live, especially because something terrible has happened poverty-strickenvery poor

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Advanced Learner's Dictionary.